After the handle has been replaced four times and the head twice, is it still George Washington's ax? How about separating each of the four legs from an antique chair and supplying enough new parts to wind up with four chairs. Is each entitled to be called a restored original?
In the case of 550-001 a lot more than the handle and head were left on that axe. There are plenty of similarly significant cars that have been resurrected from less, but to address John's thread starting question, in nearly every instance chopping the VIN out of a corpse and building around it is never kosher for a street car. Even with some old racecars it's questionable. Equally true with desirable cars that have been "cut 'n shut", a practice that's illegal in most states and many countries.
Recently a VW 21 Deluxe was sold by Mecum that was all that and worse, dude paid $110K for a shiny POS. Hope he gets his money back.
Last edited by Bullethead; 05-12-2018 at 08:00 AM.
Russ
ESR # 1537
'62 356S Notchback Hotrod
'67 S Das Geburtstagsgeschenk
'68 T Targa Sportomatic
'68 L SW Targa Sportomatic
'70 914/6 GT
. . . starting @post #15 . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...rch-2018/page2
Also . . .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5vGUcdLytE
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Hm
'. . . car had been modified over the years and bore little resemblance to the aluminum racer that left Germany in 1953. What was now Spyder number one had a fiberglass body, later model 356 A brakes, no engine, and no gearbox . . .
. . . a couple of things that gave the car authenticity, even the fiberglass body told a story.
“You could see the rivets where the mold had been lifted off the original body,” remembers Gerry. “What happened was the body was cracking up and Mr. Lopez knew no one in Mexico who worked with aluminum, but he had a friend who built boats, fiberglass boats. They made a fiberglass duplicate of the aluminum body.”
Gerry’s client ended up not being the high bidder, he advised him that, “I don’t think you are young enough to see this thing to fruition. The roof is gone completely, the frame looks right. There is no engine, no gearbox, no brakes, all A stuff on it.”
The initial buyer changed his mind about a year into the restoration and the restorer arranged to sell the car to Miles Collier . . .'
Wonder why it's not on display at Collier's Revs Institute?
$einfeld's now?
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Russ
ESR # 1537
'62 356S Notchback Hotrod
'67 S Das Geburtstagsgeschenk
'68 T Targa Sportomatic
'68 L SW Targa Sportomatic
'70 914/6 GT